Emma Elekwa, Onitsha
A lifeless body of a middle aged man whose identity is yet unknown was on Thursday recovered by the police in a river in Ojoto, Anambra state.
The corpse was reportedly floating on the river bank with head injuries and hands tied behind his back.
Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident, saying the body had been deposited at the mortuary.
He said, “Today, 21/11/2019 at about 10:am, following a tip off, Police Patrol team attached to Ojoto Division discovered lifeless body of a middle aged man whose identity is yet unknown.
The body was floating on the river bank with his hands tied behind his back and bruises all over his head.
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“Corpse was brought out of the river, photographed and deposited at St Michael hospital mortuary, Umuoji for autopsy.
He said the Commissioner of Police, John Abang has ordered for a full scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and bring perpetrators to justice.
“The Command implores the public whose relations got missing and matched above description to report at Ojoto Division for possible identification of the corpse,” he added.
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